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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| project-manager | Occupational skill for the role 'project manager' (also: special project manager, project expediter, project leader, projects manager, project coordinator, project director). Use when the user asks for typical project manager work such as: Confer with management, production, or marketing staff to discuss project specifications or procedures.; Present and explain proposals, reports, or findings to clients.; Consult or negotiate with clients to prepare project specifications. |
Project Manager
Project managers oversee projects daily and are responsible for delivering high-quality results within identified objectives and constraints by ensuring the effective use of allocated resources. They manage risk and issues, maintain project communication, and handle stakeholder relationships while planning, organizing, securing, monitoring, and managing the resources and work necessary to achieve specific project goals and objectives efficiently.
Core workflow
- Confer with management, production, or marketing staff to discuss project specifications or procedures.
- Present and explain proposals, reports, or findings to clients.
- Consult or negotiate with clients to prepare project specifications.
- Develop or implement programs to improve sustainability or reduce the environmental impacts of engineering or architecture activities or operations.
- Evaluate the environmental impacts of engineering, architecture, or research and development activities.
- Manage the coordination and overall integration of technical activities in architecture or engineering projects.
- Direct, review, or approve project design changes.
- Prepare budgets, bids, or contracts.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (tiered, per-source attribution).
- See references/practitioner-qa.md — curated Stack Exchange practitioner Q&A (per-entry attribution, CC-BY-SA 4.0).
Key competences (essential)
- apply conflict management
- build business relationships
- communication principles
- control of expenses
- create project specifications
- customise project methodologies
- draft project documentation
- ensure compliance with legal requirements
- ensure equipment availability
- ensure equipment maintenance
- establish daily priorities
- estimate duration of work
- follow company standards
- identify legal requirements
- internal risk management policy
- liaise with managers
- manage budgets
- manage logistics
- manage project changes
- manage project information
- manage project metrics
- manage staff
- manage supplies
- negotiate with stakeholders
- organise project meetings
- perform PESTEL analysis
- perform project management
- perform resource planning
- perform risk analysis
- project management
- project management methodology (PM²)
- project management principles
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- supervise daily information operations
- train employees
- write work-related reports
Hot technologies
Top tools from 63 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-19):
- Microsoft Office — 16 %
- Microsoft Excel — 11 %
- Microsoft Project — 11 %
- Jira — 6 %
- microsoft powerpoint — 6 %
- Microsoft Word — 6 %
- Asana — 5 %
- MS Project — 5 %
- Power BI — 5 %
- SharePoint — 5 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bea99fea-0383-4c63-b944-70d4799de2c5), ONET 30.3 (11-9041.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.* ONET nearest match: 11-9041.00 Architectural and Engineering Managers (proxy — no exact ONET occupation exists).